New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-10
TWO FOOTBALL REFEREES.
IMPORTANT ACTION OF THE CONVENTION.
EXPORTS TO SOFTEN DOWN THE RoUGHNEss OF
THE oAMy-rHE DIFFERENT COLLEGE TEAMS.

rpyoprs To SOFTEN DOWN THE ROUGRNEss OF
THE aAME-rHE DIFFERENT COLLEGE TEAMS.
The intercollegiate Football Association which met Mt
the Fifth Hotel Saturday night protractcd Its
session until such late hour that only the most meagre
utline Of Its dongs could be published yesterday IL
was certainly the most important convention IA far as
sofenng the rough features OF the game is concerned
that the college football have held since the game
has assumed anything like It's present Importance "a
college sport Aside from the routine work. the conven
ton came together for the purpose OF eliminating 10 ar
as possible the brutal playing that has unfortunately
marred the sport the last five or six years Practical
and sensible adopted to this end and they
were the approval slightly altered and modified OF the
recommendations made last spring by the facuies ana
advisory committees Of the colleges represented III inc
league that there referees In every game ono 10
be scected by the captains of the contesng teams 10
decide the technical points Of the game the other to be
selected by the faculties and advisory committees OF the
conestng colleges, to give his entire attention 10 pre-
venting unfair and rough play The latter official Is 10
be graduate OF OF the colleges In the league though
not an alumnus of either Of the contesting colleges
DELEGATES WITH PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE.
The delegates who attended the convention were well
qualified by experience to adopt measures that VIII
elevate the game They were Walter T. Camp 81
Yales veteran athlete; Captain H. W. Beecher 49, ana
g. NJ. Gill, 'SS, Of Yale; exCap'ain brookS' oI
Harvard. now the Medical School, who has PLAYED
four years at Harvard and three at Exeter being cap
tain of teams at both institutions; Captain A. #.
Holden, SO, OF Harvard. VINO has followed IN DIT
Brookss path captain of Harvard and Exeter 'eamS
Frank Remington. ST. who has played on harvard anu
St Paul teams; G. S. Mumford. 'S7. captain OF inc
Harvard Varsity OF sc: Captain Wagcnhurst oo,
Of Princeton who is captain Of both the football ana
baseball teams; H. Hodge. 's6. and K Hodge, So VINO
are both In the Princeton Theological schoo anu
will play this for the fifth time In the princeton
team: Captain Beattys. 49, OF Wesleyan an old player;
s. " Colin, 80. manager Of the Wesleyan team ana
t,ln al -,
the University OF Pennsylvania
CAPTAIN Wagenhurst presided at the convenuoh' an"
Captain Beecher acted as secretary Besides maNs '"o
change In the game already explained the cohVchton
oyerhauled and revised tho associations constitution.
The action taken by convention in regard 10 having
vo rcferces will have to be ratified by the colleges In
the league before 1t Is formally adopted but Its rahca
ton IL almost certainty. The fact Is that the c""cso
PLAYERS have trying for long time TO MT on some
practical method to relieve the game from us uhseuue
manly features The referees power was increased year
by wear until he perfect nutocat the difference
netween him and the OF Russia being that the Car
had a slight advantage I'm living In RUSSIA but even
the absolute right 10 dismiss slugginH Iycr Ifvn
the grounds withou; appeal was nor S n W nolIern
game from "A sci Of who have no business III cVcEe
referee only two eyes unless ne mas pccn pa9ls
the game himself and nj best the average tecIer cl
only the technical progress OF the game. detecting
by chance foul plays, slt -ging ana u.ioe , ~
man with Blended knees when he is " down" Men Ike
Walter C. Camp. OF Yale. who are masters OF ," eo
ami see every in play and whose diplonhs 40
n, ,nenenrc their ecl,ons are rare. and Is that
much has de,ol'cd on tne Ieloeo, s, ,or s,gt
tcmpcr in play cannot he guarded against Ior Slsn'
" spats often occur I'm practice games IN f'EnM
came therc nre TWENTY-FIVE players nearly all OF whom
me- MT work all the tune. aud the rush line where
fourteen big fellows are constantly blocKhs 'l'n r,'J I
movements. il ia not To be- wondered AZ hat hot headed
men in their great anxiety Ia do al Wihh 'hei, ".I
To win the game occlsloay lose t". H Tn second
referee has loag been needed and VIII un1ouptedy IN
prove the game.
HOW TIE TEAMS WILL BE MADE Up
All
noncfuy OF the coming season. and gave TO reporter
the probable membership tho different teams mar
ward has thirty men in practice. and the ioio"lhE on
players are AT work Holden ~. captain llardhs ~
Porter So Wood. So Butter, - and Nooinhh %
Holden will play end rush or hafback and Harding
who played end rush last year trying for quarterback
Porter will take his old place at loft h4lfback with Sears
~ in his old place right halfback. II he plays sax -
WESLEYAN 81 member OF the Wesleyan team for ionr
year, and fine player Ia trying for halbhcK position
Perry. -. also trying FOR hnifback place IPer'
90 a fine ru,her Markoe 80 and Morse. 80. may 20
in tho rush line with Morse at centre rulh.
Horn Law school an excellent stocky Exeter rushet
promises well The team Is heavy AMI rs irlonGs arc
Ty9niain Hroos. is ia tho Medical school. and II Is
hoped that he viii take his old place Al oeh'ro iu'''
Princeton /. playing a. follows: Rushers-Beckham
90: Irvine ~ and speir 80. quarterback -
Hancock. - HdfbaeKs Price. IS. and
Wagenhnr,t 80 captain Back - Ames 30
seven OF these arc roen and the team Is likely 70
have Hodge brothers back before long oth"f cah'
dates arc Ballentine. S5; Black, IS; Chanhihs w.
Payne. 'gl. and Price. 80. ,, ~,
some OF tho old players at Yale arc: Rushers w al
lace so; GIL 50: Woodruff. 80 Corbin 80. anu Car
ter ~. = \ Quarterback -Bcechcr. 50 captain.
IIainack-Norrisou. -. Robinson ~. ana lratt !
80 : j. =, may join the rush line graves |
: To take tho place let |
y the famous kicker WatkinsOn who died last winter
Williams 81 aud Baker. 81, are also candldatrs Tor
holfDack Bull -. have his OLD place at fullback
II he wants H. Yale has been playing two weeks ana
TO o. Last year this time Yale beat Wesleyan 10y
score OF go TOO.
The University OF Pennsylvania will be chosen from
these candi laes: Kushers-Pepers, Iunis ana W Ora
ham Medical school; Mct arce Law School Mlcl: 9S
capaiu Zegler /. =. spaeth. -; Ross, 80 Wood
~ ~vpher. 80 and Hand. VI. :. Quarterbtcks-
Canoe l.. s.: Hume. -; Forbes, 50 Pdsgrooye ~
:. IIalfbacks olladay, 81 Chufch VI ochci' VI
Fuback-f. Graham J..
The Wesleyan men working IA follows: Rnshers-
Floyd SO; Richards, 50; Eaton, So Wells, Hs' Heath
(cetrel, 80, with Glenn 80 and Mcdonald, ~ trying
for the rush line Quarterback -Beattys ~ captain
IIalfback.- fiamin. SO and Manchester. ~ full-
back back. 81. other promising candidates are
smith, johnson. 49, Esglcston.oo; ana James 50
There chaDpionship awarded last year ~
looks like close contest between Harvard, Yale and
Princeton for first place. The schedule IL:
October Wesleyan at Princeton. ana
University OF Pcnnsyvsnia Na's. at Philadelphia
3 Pennsylvania Princeton. AT
Philadelphia and Harvard vs. Wesleyan at ambrldge
November l2-Wesieytn Vale at Now Haven ana
"a. Princeton. Cambridge
November lg-Yale Princeton. at New Ork ana HAT
ard nj Of Pennslyvania. al Cambridge
- Yale Harvard. at Ncu-Haven. ana Uni
yorslty OF pennsylvania Va. Wssloyan at Now YORK